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020			_a9781438462417 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
029	1		_aAU@ _b000058638902
050	0	4	_aPT2621 _b.F744 2016
100	1		_aVardoulakis, Dimitris, _e1
245	1	0	_aFreedom from the free will : _bon Kafka's laughter / _cDimitris Vardoulakis.
260			_aAlbany : _bState University of New York Press, _c(c)2016.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aSUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aKafka's Cages: Laughter and the Free Will -- _tThe Abrahamic Laughter: The Topography of Freedom in "The Judgment" and Metamorphosis -- _tThe Return of the Body: The Ethics of Laughter -- _tThe Law of Freedom: Reading The Trial through Spinoza -- _tExecuting Violence: The Drama of Power in "In the Penal Colony" -- _tPostscript: A Triple or a Single Will?
520	0		_aMany of Kafka's narratives place their heroes in situations of confinement. Gregor Samsa is locked in his room in the Metamorphosis, and the land surveyor in The Castle is stuck in the village unable either to leave or to gain access to the castle. Dimitris Vardoulakis argues that Kafka constructs these plots of confinement in order to laugh at his heroes' futile attempts to express their will. In this way, Kafka emerges as a critic of the free will and as a proponent of a different kind of freedom: one focused within the confines of one's experience and mediated by one's circumstances. Vardoulakis contends that his sense of humor is the key to understanding Kafka as a political thinker. Laughter, in this account, is the tool used to deconstruct power. By placing Kafka in dialogue with philosophy and political theory, Vardoulakis shows that Kafka can give us invaluable insights into how to be free--and how to laugh. -- _cFrom publisher's website.
530			_a2 _ub
600	1	0	_aKafka, Franz, _d1883-1924 _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	0	_aKafka, Franz, _d1883-1924 _vHumor.
650		0	_aLiberty in literature.
650		0	_aFree will and determinism in literature.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1350130&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell